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16.45 Female, Single, 35-44 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946
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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
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"Simple, a wee bit weak mentally, able to work. Lives with her parents and her three illegitimate children. Nurse confirms she is soft; worked in the factory canteen during the war, now at home. Parents about 70, are peculiar and feeble-minded people, a low-grade family. One sister has an illegitimate child. One sister married, has a child [16.307]. Attempted suicide with aspirins 15 years ago when mother turned her out. Good worker, just. Fairly clean, not overcrowded. Inharmonious....
Dates:
Other: December 1946
28.17 Female, Single, Over 65 yrs, Manic depressive, September 1946
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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27
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"This woman looked like going off her head a few years ago, made suicidal attempt and nearly gassed herself. She is not so bad now but is still a queer old body, funny. Lives alone, no relatives known. [Male informant]: Brainless and simple, admitted to CRI after a suicidal attempt. Depression. Now OAP. No PA. Had been a woollen weaver. Dr confirms - has more than a neurosis, is quite daft, simple. She has had numerous jobs but they all upset her and she packed them up. Lives alone,...
Dates:
Other: September 1946
34.45 Male, Married, 55-64 yrs, Undiagnosed, January 1946
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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/33
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"This man is said to have been in CR. He is a gardener's labourer. Wife living, anaemic but goes to work. Daughter has an illegitimate child, works in a bacon factory. Son drinks a bit. Incomer, quiet, decent man. Had a breakdown after recovering the body of a man who had committed suicide in the Subway in Glasgow."
Dates:
Other: January 1946